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Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration

Cultural World Heritage property in Japan, inscribed in 2013 under criteria (iii), (vi).

Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration, Japan
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State Party
Japan
Year of inscription
2013
Criteria
iiivi
Area of property
20,702 ha
Location
Shizuoka Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture
What it is
group, sacred place
Component parts
25 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 1418 · Wikidata Q16482294

Why it is on the List

(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.(vi)Directly linked to events, living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.
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